Saturday 6 December 2014

BBC Music sound of 2015 - hot prospects


It's that time again, where the BBC announce 15 fresh acts for us to get excited about.

As the picture shows they do seem to get cooler every year, with this years shortlist looking like the kids you always wanted to be friends with at school.

As anyone who's aware of this prize, the act awarded the acclaim has a lot to live up to with previous winners including Adele and last years winner, Sam Smith.

Here's my personal favourites, but for the full list check out at the link at the bottom of the article.

Rae Morris - A singer I first came across during repeated listens of Clean Bandit's debut-album, which featured Morris on the song Up Again, leading me to impulsively check out her solo stuff.

She's got a very melodic voice, that seems to glide through her songs,the best of which being Grow. She also covered one-hit wonder East 17's, Stay Another Day for the Live Lounge because who doesn't want to hear some classic 90's throwback? The rousing track, Don't go, is also well worth a listen.



Wolf Alice - These indie-rockers have been announced as one of the support acts for Alt-J at the O2 in January, not a bad venue to get your sound out eh!

Having grown in popularity through Soundcloud, I'm pretty excited about this band, and biggest-single, Bros, is one you will want to hear pumped out at a tent at a Summer festival. Helps having a bit of eye-candy up front too!


James Bay - Having already bagged a Brit award for critics choice there was no way I could ignore Hertfordshire's finest new acoustic singer-songwriter. Let it go is such an infectious song, and his style is so pure.

Bay was spotted playing an open-mic night in Brighton, where he was studying and it's been quick success from there. Having already been likened to Ben Howard and Passenger, he'll be the favourite to win this acclaim too.



Years & Years - With frontman, Olly Alexander, already having moderate fame from playing Jacob in Skins, this synth-pop group were always gonna be cool.

They have an immensely creative sound, coupled with some pretty unique artwork! Some are comparing them to fellow electronic bands, Clean Bandit and Disclosure. If they can match their success I'm sure the lads would be pretty delighted!


Check out the other 11 names in the hat here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ebh6v2

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